Top Indianapolis Colts Articles

Most people are aware by now that the single most important news story in the world revolves around 11 slightly deflated footballs that were used during last Sunday’s AFC Championship game between the Indianapolis Colts and the New England Patriots....

Professional sport being a gentlemanly pursuit in which participants would surely step forward at the slightest possibility that even the most minor of rules had been bent, let alone broken, it's difficult to imagine anyone associated with the New England...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick has long been a fan of trick plays.
Some of them are even legal.
But he won't be alone in next week's Super Bowl: Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll also went deep in his playbook to...

Moments after saying he couldn't feel the difference in how footballs are inflated, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said Thursday his preference was 12.5 pounds per square inch.
"The perfect grip for the football,'' Brady said at a news conference in...

The transcript of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's Thursday press conference as provided by the Patriots media relations staff:
Tom Brady opening statement: Obviously I’d much rather be up here talking about the Seahawks and preparing for the...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Poor Chuck Pagano. Even before the opening kickoff, he had it right.
No, not before the start of this 45-7 rout that sent the Patriots, Bill Belichick and Tom Brady back to the Super Bowl for the sixth time in the 21st century....

Add underinflated footballs to the list of incidents giving Bill Belichick a reputation for guile and playing above the rules.
Softer footballs wouldn't explain all of a rout that earned the New England Patriots a spot in the Super Bowl. But it's...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — As the NFL investigates accusations that the New England Patriots used underinflated footballs in the AFC Championship Game, the faces of the franchise stood before cameras and reporters Thursday.
In the morning, coach Bill...

Not just NFL: Ball-tampering an issue for other sports, too
Scuffed balls, scratched balls, balls switched mid-game. Ball-doctoring isn't only an issue for the NFL, which is investigating a report that the New England Patriots used underinflated...

The New England Patriots will face Seattle in the Super Bowl on Feb. 1, but they've already lost the battle of public opinion in Connecticut over whether they got to the pinnacle game honestly.
Coach Bill Belichick has denied knowledge of any rule-...

Ravens coach John Harbaugh said on a conference call Wednesday that the team didn't notice if the New England Patriots deflated their offensive footballs in the teams' AFC divisional playoff game, as the Patriots have been accused of doing a week later...